Neanderthal - Wikipedia Neanderthals ( niˈændərˌtɑːl, neɪ -, - ˌθɑːl nee-AN-də (r)-TAHL, nay-, -THAHL; [8] Homo neanderthalensis or sometimes Homo sapiens neanderthalensis) are an extinct group of archaic humans who inhabited Europe and Western and Central Asia during the Middle to Late Pleistocene
Neanderthal | Characteristics, DNA, Facts | Britannica Neanderthals lived before and during the last ice age of the Pleistocene in some of the most unforgiving environments ever inhabited by humans They developed a successful culture, with a complex stone tool technology, that was based on hunting, with some scavenging and local plant collection
Who were the Neanderthals? - Natural History Museum What is a Neanderthal? Are Neanderthals human? Find out facts about the species Homo neanderthalensis, including when these ancient people lived and what they looked like
Homo neanderthalensis - The Smithsonians Human Origins Program Neanderthals (the ‘th’ pronounced as ‘t’) are our closest extinct human relative Some defining features of their skulls include the large middle part of the face, angled cheek bones, and a huge nose for humidifying and warming cold, dry air
Who Were the Neanderthals? The Truth About Our Ancient Human Cousins Neanderthals (Homo neanderthalensis) were not a detour on the road to us—they were a parallel branch, a sister species Their story begins in Africa, where our last common ancestor lived around 600,000 to 800,000 years ago
Neanderthal - World History Encyclopedia Neanderthals are an extinct group of fossil humans that appeared in Western Eurasia in the mid-Middle Pleistocene and shared the stage with the first modern humans arriving in Europe from around 45,000 years ago, before disappearing from the fossil record around 40,000 years ago
Who were the Neanderthals—and why did they go extinct? Who were the Neanderthals—and why did they go extinct? Neanderthals were a hardy species, but these ancient human relatives disappeared 40,000 years ago Here’s what scientists know
What Did Neanderthals Look Like? - HISTORY Neanderthals, our closest extinct relatives, occupy a unique branch of the evolutionary tree Recent research shows that all modern humans have a small portion of Neanderthal DNA from